Exercises for children

Very rightly said. Playgrounds were really popular in the days gone by. I too remember a few playgrounds in our area. Yes, "a few playgrounds". There were quite a few those days. I'm talking about the days at least 25 years ago. But study grounds are now slowly vanishing. But concrete buildings are now taking over. We had a decent friend circle. And all the parents, I remember, never objected to our playing on playgrounds. But these days even if we want, we can't send our kids, because open spaces aren't left much now. Those days there were more than enough physical activities. We used to get tired. But not stop playing I wish we all become that simple again.

@abhi_bangal True, parents are becoming more and more afraid of letting children play on their own outside, they don't have time to look after them and there are fewer safe places available. At best they could hire a nanny or send their children to some camp where staff can take care of them. Nowadays, health seems to be a luxury, more than ever. I remember playing at the playground but my mother was always there checking if I was alright. Yes, it's crazy how much energy we had as kids! To not even mention how we didn't care if the weather was too hot or too cold.

You have hit the nail right on its head Arunima ji, by saying that it is really sad to see that the natural work that play is for children is lost. Another important point you have mentioned is that the open spaces are reducing day by day. We are seeing a huge jungle of concrete being constructed with each passing day. Even open spaces like garden and playgrounds are fast reducing, especially in developing cities in our country. The outdoor games that children cannot play or aren't mastering the game but can play it smoothly on the mobile phone then get addicted to it. For example, if they cannot score a goal on a real football pitch, but if there able to do the same with a mobile game, the joy of scoring a goal is such that they feel it better to keep playing the same game on mobile phone, instead of playing it for real. It's really a very dangerous situation in the days to come.